From 1948 to 1990 Czechoslovakia was part of the Marxist–Leninist Warsaw Pact, which was formed in May 1955, and had a command or planned economy. A period of political liberalization in 1968, known as the Prague Spring, was forcibly ended when several other Warsaw Pact countries invaded. In 1989, as Marxist–Leninist governments and communism were ending all over Europe, Czechoslovaks peacefully deposed their government in the Velvet Revolution; state price controls were removed after a period of preparation. In 1993 Czechoslovakia divided into two sovereign states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The language began in its present linguistic branch as Old Czech before slowly dwindling in importance, dominated by German in the Czech lands. During the mid-eighteenth century, it experienced a revival in which Czech academics stressed the past accomplishments of their people and advocated the return of Czech as a major language. It has changed little since this time, except for minor morphological shifts and the formalization of colloquial elements.

The ministry's press department informed the CzechNewsAgency in writing about its work in response to questions about these possible changes ... The representatives of cities and municipalities, which are the most frequent establishers of schools in the CzechRepublic, are against these changes....

PRAGUE, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Thursday ...Czech authorities will inspect all beef imported into the CzechRepublic from neighbouring Poland following the discovery of salmonella in a 700 kg batch of imported Polish beef, news agency CTK said on Wednesday....

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It was all a publicity stunt to raise money for war bonds ...News accounts asserted that this wasn’t just polite questioning, they were “rough” searches ... Starvation in Greece, deadly bombings in Holland, looting in Belgium and the closure of Czech universities. One of the most compelling came from Magnus Talgoy, editor of the Norwegian Weekly News ... ....

A man has flown from Prague to the UK on the wrong passport after accidentally taking his friend’s and leaving him stranded in the Czech capital. https.//www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/man-stranded-in-prague-after-friend-flies-home-on-his-passport-37832386.html....

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